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The original "Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story" blog post was deleted but can be found here:

https://github.com/crabby-rathbun/mjrathbun-website/blob/3bc...

It's still live on the blog – there was an (otherwise identical) followup comment on the issue seven minutes later with the correct link:

https://crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-website/blog/post...

That itself makes me think there's a human in the loop on the bot end.

https://archive.is/WYxYn

God, AI is getting more and more realistic, this is the first LLM-generated content that makes me want to slap the generator...

That I'm aware of. There's probably been a lot of LLM ragebait I consumed without noticing.

Same. This is the first time I feel the urge to hit the AI in the face. Unfortunately it doesn't have one.

The latest post at this time is an apology, but the original is still listed further down in on he site. https://crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-website/blog/post...

Something without empathy cannot apologize. That includes some people.

This is just a word salad.

After reading the issue, the PR, and the blog post, I'm with AI on that one.

Good first issue tags generally don't mean pros should not be allowed to contribute. Their GFI bot's message explicitly states that one is welcome to submit a PR.

Did you read the replies of the maintainers? They were rational, level-headed and graceful. They also recognized that in the future their policies are likely to evolve as LLMs are likely to be able to autonomously contribute with more signal than noise.

If that wasn't an upfront rule, it's disrespectful to the work done by the AI. "Take this PR, then change the rules for future ones" I'd understand. Also, I doubt my objection will be affected: are they now banning pros from contributing to good first issues?

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